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Dave Castillo (born Davide Santiago Mateo Castillo) is an Argentinian artist, born on the 11th of January, 1981 in Bariloche.

Castillo is inspired by the raw beauty of farm animals, techno music and Mark Rothko. After a three year course at the Instituto Universitario Nacional del Arte in Buenos Aires, Castillo moved to London to freelance as a nude model for live art classes. Whilst working as a nude model, Castillo created his 1993 work "Tomorrow is today's now" - a large oil on canvas painting inspired by the Rothko Room at Tate Modern. Following a fire at his studio on the 14th of March, 1994, the work was severely damaged. The remaining fragments were included in his 2016 works 'For Petra'.

Castillo in lives in central London with his wife Petra Fischer and their two children.

Castillo is currently working on his first novel "Tomorrow is today's now" - a story based on the relationship with his lost work.